Smith entered into a plea agreement with the state and received
a 10-year split sentence with one year to serve. After his one-year prison
sentence, he will be on probation for three years. If he were to violate his
probation, a judge could order him to serve the remainder of the 10-year
sentence.

Smith, who had been free on $150,000
bond, was taken into custody
after the hearing Monday to begin his sentence with the state Department of
Corrections.

Smith was initially charged with capital murder in the
Dec. 8, 2012, shooting death of 38-year-old Arlando Maurice Pritchett. He
pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter at a December hearing.

The shooting happened at Second Street Southwest and Cotton
Avenue. Police said Pritchett had been involved in an altercation with a cab
driver before he was shot. He was pronounced dead in the emergency room at UAB
Hospital.

At a bond
hearing in January
2013, Salvagio noted that Smith has no prior record and argued that Pritchett
was trying to rob Smith, who then shot him in self-defense. Salvagio
acknowledged that on the day of the shooting Smith was driving the cab in
search of marijuana.